Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe Ambaſſadours paſſing foorth on theyr iourney, at their approching vnto Camelon, cer|taine ſergeants at armes met them,Ambaſſadours are not recey|ued. and did for|bid them to enter the citie: alſo they further cõ|maunded them in name of Feredeth their king to auoyde out of the confines of his dominion within foure dayes ſpace, vpon pain of death.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Ambaſſadors being terrified with ſuche maner of inhibitions, they went no further:Warre is pro|nounced vnto the Pictes. but yet according as they had in commiſſion, they pronoũced the warre in the name of Alpine and Dongal, requiring thoſe that thus came to meet them, to giue ſignification therof vnto their mai|ſter Feredeth, and to the whole Pictiſhe nation: and ſo returned home the ſame way they came.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then did the Scottiſhe Lordes repaire vnto Dongall, who the ſame tyme laye in Carryke caſtell, and there taking counſell for the mayn|tenance of theſe warres, not one was founde a|mongeſt them which offered not to ſpende both lyfe, landes, and goodes in Alpines ryghtuous quarell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Upon the messengers returne home with this answer, Dongall shewed himselfe to be in no small chafe, that the Picts should thus go about by such sub|till Dongall his displeasure with the Picts an|swer. Ambassadors sent againe. arguments and contriued inuentions to defraud Alpine of his right. And therevpon the second time he sent his ambassadors vnto them, requiring them either to doo him reason without anie further surmi|sed cauillations; either else within thrée moneths space after to looke for open warres at the Scotish|mens hands. These ambassadors passing foorth on their iourneie, at their approching vnto Camelon, certeine sergeants at armes met them, and did for|bid Ambassadors are not recei|ued. them to enter the citie: also they further comman|ded them in name of Feredeth their king to auoid out of the confines of his dominions within foure daies space, vpon paine of death.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The ambassadors being terrefied with such ma|ner of inhibitions, they went no further: but yet ac|cording Warre is pro|nounced vnto the Picts. as they had in commission, they pronounced the warre in the name of Alpine and Dongall, re|quiring those that thus came to méet them, to giue signification therof vnto their maister Feredeth, and to the whole Pictish nation; and so returned home the same way they came. Then did the Scotish lords repaire vnto Dongall, who at the same time laie in Carrike castell, and there taking counsell for the maintenance of these warres, not one was found a|mongest them which offered not to spend both life, lands, & goods in Alpines iust quarell. By this means was great preparation made on both sides for the The Scots willingly giue themselues vnto the war. warre, the Scots minding to set Alpine in his right, and the Picts determining not to receiue any prince of a strange nation to reigne ouer them. But whilest Dongall goeth about to prouide all things readie for his enterprise, he chanced to be drowned in the ri|uer of Speie, as he was about to passe the same in a bote. This mishap chanced him in the sixt yéere of his reigne, and after the birth of our Sauiour 830. 930. His bodie was buried in Colmekill, with all fune|rall obsequies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 AFter Dongall was Alpine receiued to the Alpine. Alpine crow|ned king of Scotland. crowne and gouernement of the realme, by the generall voices of all the people, whose chiefest studie was vpon his first entring into the estate, to follow his sute touching his title to the Pictish kingdome: and herevpon with all diligence preparing a migh|tie host and all other things (which were thought re|quisite for the furthering of his enterprise) he passed foorth towards Angus, not staieng till he came to the Alpine with an armie in|uadeth Pict|land. castell of Forfair, which he besieged; but the third day after his comming thither, Feredeth the Pictish king with a great armie of his subiects aranged in good order of battell, came and presented himselfe in sight of the Scots, whervpon immediatlie néere vn|to the towne of Restennoth they met, and ioining there in battell, fought right fiercelie. At the first en|counter the right wing of the Scotish armie was néere hand ouerthrowne; but Fenedocht lieutenant Fenedocht the thane of Ath [...]le. of Athole came spéedilie to the succors with 400 of his countriemen, and restored the battell on the Sco|tish side: whereby insued a right sore bickering with great slaughter, and no signe of shrinking on either part, by meanes whereof it séemed doubtfull for a long space vnto whether side the victorie would in|cline.